Hi Frankie. Thank you so much. Hope you are well. I realised I couldn’t stop taking them until I really wanted to. As you are on this website It seems you have reached that stage too.
That’s a good start.
I was taking about 360mg per day for 5 or 6 years. I just got used to it. I didn’t think about stopping in that time. It seems crazy now. I stopped a few times when on holidays( for 6 or 7 days) and it was always uncomfortable trips. Always on the lookout to see if I could get some. Couldn’t wait to get home and take them again.
The thought of voluntary cold turkey didn’t appeal.
in the end I cut down in about 6 weeks. It wasn’t plain sailing because I sometimes thought I ‘deserved’ extra ones.
Each week I reduced by roughly about 60mg. It was a see- saw pattern. I would take 360mg and 300mg alternate days week 1..Then 300mg and 240mg week 2 etc… Each week my baseline level reduced. Everyday I was on the lower dose I would look forward to next day etc.
IMPORTANT -one thing to bear in mind is that you won’t always feel the euphoria.. Some days you still will. You have to be aware that you are no longer looking for this. A case of no pain no gain for those few weeks.
I NEVER thought I would be free of them.
You CAN def do it